ACC-GTM Convention

ACC-GTM Conference June 2021:

The New Will Be Made Holy

--Rav Kook

Registration is Now Open!

June 27-29, 2021

Plenaries: June 30, 2021

What a year it has been since we gathered virtually last June. Let's take the time to come together as a community in prayer, in conversation, in song, and in fun! Our conference this year is entirely virtual, with a schedule designed to allow you to block off a few hours each day to participate in everything or to choose what works in your schedule.

We will kick things off Sunday evening honoring our collective experience this past year and then joining in our first of our daily evening social events. On Monday and Tuesday we will welcome Rev. Cameron Trimble as our scholar to lead us in a conversation around the opportunity this moment in history presents for our synagogues and for Jewish life. We will host the Composer's Workshop and the Transcontinental Music Workshop, and throughout each day we will be led in prayer by our colleagues.

We all deserve this time together to lift up our experiences and inspire us in the work to come. Register today!

Visit our secure registration site for conference registration, underwriting opportunities, and to reserve a space in the 2021 Virtual Ad Journal. Download a draft schedule here.

An additional opportunity for ACC and GTM members who wish to "bank" funds for future conventions can also be found on the registration website. We invite you to pre-pay for future ACC-GTM conferences while you may have funds available.

Upon registration, a link to the "Guidebook" schedule and Zoom links will be provided.

Introducing Rev. Cameron Trimble, Scholar-in-Residence, for the 2021 Virtual Conference

This year, attendees will have the opportunity to study with Rev. Cameron Trimble. Rev. Trimble is the Executive Director and CEO of Convergence (formerly the Center for Progressive Renewal), an organization that supports the reshaping of congregations and leaders engaged in an age of movement from “organized religion” to “organizing religion” driven by the values of an inclusive, progressive theological vision for a more just world for all. She began her ministry as a new church developer and, to pay for her “ministry habit”, also owns a real estate company and a software company.

To hear an introduction from Rev. Trimble and to read her complete biography, visit the ACC website.

2021 ACC-GTM Composer's

Workshop Submission Information

The submission criteria and form are available here. Please note the following important information:

The submission deadline is May 15, 2021. If selected, your recordings are due no later than June 1, 2021.
You must be a member-in-good-standing of the American Conference of Cantors or Guild of Temple Musicians.
Composition must be no more than five minutes in length.
There will be no live presentations during the conference! Everything will be pre-recorded.

The detailed submission critera and form can be found here. We encourage you to submit your pieces for consideration!

2021 Composers Workshop music selection committee:

Dr. Alan Mason, Chair

Susan Colin, Cantor Marsha Attie, Peri Smilow, Beth Hamon, Rose Snitz

If you have questions, please contact Dr. Alan Mason at dralanmason@hotmail.com.

The Guild of Temple Musicians